#42ABA7#42ABA7

#42ABA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA7
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -30.70, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 31.47, 192.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0936 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.096 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7816, 33.0716, 41.6819)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA7 #AB4246

analogous

#42AB73 #42ABA7 #427BAB

triadic

#42ABA7 #A742AB #ABA742

tetradic

#42ABA7 #7342AB #AB4246 #7BAB42

square

#42ABA7 #7342AB #AB4246 #7BAB42

split-complementary

#42ABA7 #AB427B #AB7342

monochromatic

#205351 #317F7C #42ABA7 #66C4C0 #92D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#42ABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#42ABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA7

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA7	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4c1',
    500: '#42aba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba7;
$custom-light: #83c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68011,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA7

secondary

#C0888A

accent

#5459D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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